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Another'ndvantage of my improvement is that there is much less liability-oitne button being detached InPEeVEMENT 'IN sEcUEINsBUTroNs To' emu-Ems.

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'lO ALL WHO IT MAY CONCERN: v Be it known that L CILinLEs Srnxcninoi' the 4city of =Itochester, in the'connty of Monroe, and State of New York, have inven ted a certain new pudimprovcd Self-Fastening Button; and-I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description thereoi', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, inaking part o't` this specification, in whichfi I Figure -1 is a side elevation 'ot` n. button, fastened to the cloth byineans of my -iroprm'enncnt.

Figure 2 is a view, showing the appearance of the fastening d'evieoon theinner sident-,the cloth or garment.

Figure' 3'is an enlarged gross-section o `-the inner plate or dislc,`showng themanner of securing the stein of the button therein.. 7

Figure 4, a view ofthe concave side oiuthedisk, or that side negrt to the cloth.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in ull the igures. I My improvement relates to that class oi'- buttonrs called self-fristening, which are` nttneiied to the cloth or garment without sewing; and the invention consists in the employment oi' n'disk on theiii'ncr side of the cloth of the peculiar construction herein described, in combination with the stem or shtml; of a button, provided .with a. head, by which means the button is'rmly scoured to the cloth in a most simple', easy, and c'ifectivo manner, as hereinafterfully set forth. l A Y In the drawings, A--represcnts the outer-disk, or portion constituting'jthe--button proper; .12, the stern or shank 'of the same, secured 'thereto in any desired and suithle 'mt-nner,and of 'suieient length to 'extend through the cloth or other material to which itis to be attached, and 'thence through a metnldisk or plate f, where it terminatesinahefrd, I [llhediskfdisgprondedrwitlx .anenirahholen thesize of the steln.c, nn d with slits or incisions d a?, (four being' suticient,) cut, prdferzthly, radinlly'from the'lholo s, and extending about two-thirds the distance to the circumference,'dividing the central portion ot' vthe-disk inte sectors ,or angular parts 'r r. These disks may be 'stamped from lany suitable metal, as brass, by a single blow-:ind are struck up, so as to give the outer'side, when attached te the garment, ur siightly rounded surface, as clearly shown in iig. 3. for a. prirpose presently tobe explained'. I Y g v i i -The button, thus constructed, is secured to u. garment in the following 'manner' The stem c 1s first inserted through the material to which thebirtton is to be' secured, the rounded` or pointed head z' enabling this.. to be most readily done, Awith or without o hole being first inode with a bodkin, which is required where the cloth is, of close texture, or of several thicknesses. The hend'z' is then presseiil through the .disk f from the`concztvg side, as shown in fig. 3, .the pointstf fr surrounding the holofs-in-the disk being pressed ontword, es represented in red lines-(iig. 13,)*to allow the head to pass', when they spring-back to their foriner position, (shown in black lines in seme iiguref) preventing its withdrawal for the points or stops ai -inelining o utward,.os they do, owing to the rounded surface of the disk, act not only as stops against the-projection. ofthe head t', but also os wedges against thev stem or'shank itselfon all sides, whenever any power is exerted towithdraw the head,.inl such a. manner :ts torender it absolutely impossible to selfnirfttel the two by any strziin that is ever brought to' hear from the garment by the cloth to which -it is sewed or otherwise fastened being torn out, es is frequently' the lcnsewhere the cloth is thin, or of a loose: texture ,for whenever any 'o'rce is exerted against the disk, being of the form described, its outer edge acts itsa clamp against the ucloth the whole distance laround, and byadis# tributing the strain over o. larger' surface thereby enables -it to better resistthe seme. It is evident that my improvementmey be applied to the ordinary covered button, as well asto those made entirely of metal. It

forms not only a mostvrelinble inode of fastoning,hnt is the niostsiippldnnd cheapv of construction of any device foi-.the purpose with which I ein acquainted. Mymode oi fastening fornis'a. pivot, so tlmt the button may freely turn therein, which relieves the fastening, in agreat measure, of the stro-into which 4itis subjected by the turning or twisting motion thot is given to the button while' inserting it in the button-hole, and in the ense of covered buttons it distributes the' weer upon all portions equally.

What I claim as my invention, and desire td secure byLetters.Potent,L is q The disk f, constructed substantially tts described, in conibinntion with the stein or shank c of o. button, provided with a head, ,nrranged and 'operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

` In witness whereofl have hereunto signed my name :in the presienee ot' two subscribing witnesses. onAs. F. ,s rnnenu.

Witnesses JAY 'Hr/Arr, C nAuLEs Fnssen. 

